E1 covers the finance function, the technology reshaping it, and the data it runs on. 60 questions in 90 minutes, on demand, so you book the exam when your mocks say you are ready rather than when a calendar does. £149 on its own, or all four Operational subjects for £349.
A word from your tutor
E1 is the paper people underestimate. It is broad rather than deep, and that is exactly what makes it slippery - there is a lot of ground, very little of it hard, and it is easy to mistake having read something for being able to answer on it.
So we do not just cover the syllabus and hope. The lessons come in short pieces, and the full mock exams are marked question by question, with an explanation for each one, so you can see which topics have actually landed and go back to the lessons that cover the rest.
Sit it when your mocks say you are ready, not when the calendar says so. E1 is on-demand, so there is no reason to sit it a day early.
The syllabus
E1 Managing Finance in a Digital World examines how technology is transforming the finance function. You'll study the role of finance in organisations, how enterprise technologies (ERP, analytics, automation) are reshaping accounting, and how to manage and interpret data in a digital environment. It's the "big picture" subject of the Operational Level.
The course, section by section
8 sections · 101 lessons · 17h 12m of video
Modern tuition
Built and taught by people who have lectured this material for years, with an AI Tutor sitting inside each lesson to answer the question you have right now.
AI Tutor in every lesson
"Can you go through the Enterprise technology part again, more simply?"
Of course. Here is the short version from this lesson, then the worked example again, one step at a time.
Real mock exams
Full timed mocks in the real format: 60 questions in 90 minutes, drawn from a large question bank, in an exam-style interface.
Feedback on every mock
A mock does not stop at a percentage. Every question comes back with an explanation, grouped by syllabus section, so you can see what to go back to.
Weakest sections
Question review
The Operational Level
E1 is one of the three Objective Tests on the CIMA Operational Level, with P1 and F1. CIMA lets you sit them in any order, and the OCS once all three are passed.
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Two levels save 10%. All three save 20%.
£349
One subject at a time - or save with the Operational Level Pass Pack.
£369
One subject at a time - or save with the Management Level Pass Pack.
£399
One subject at a time - or save with the Strategic Level Pass Pack.
Questions
Expert-led video lessons across the whole syllabus with an AI Tutor in every lesson, and full timed mock exams online (60 questions, 90 minutes, drawn from a large question bank): 3 to start and a new one whenever you want it, each marked instantly with an explanation for every question. £149, lifetime access.
60 objective test questions in 90 minutes. It is on demand, so you book it when you are ready rather than waiting for a window.
When your mocks are passing consistently, not on a date you picked months ago. E1 is on demand, so there is no reason to sit it a day early. We recommend starting the Operational Level here: it is the broadest of the three and banks a pass while you settle into the pace.
No. CIMA lets the three Operational Objective Tests be sat in any order. All three must be passed before the OCS.
You only ever pay the difference. Add subjects at any time and the price you already paid comes off the bigger pack, so you never pay twice for the same course.
Lifetime access, on every course. There is no subscription and no renewal - if you need to resit, or come back to the material years later, it is still there.
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Buy E1 on its own, or take the whole Operational Level as one pack and only ever pay the difference.